Rapid detection of dermatophytes from skin and hair

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Table 1 Status of KOH microscopy, fungal culture, first round PCR and nested PCR in suspected cases with skin fungal infections.

No of cases	Patients on treatment	KOH microscopy	Culture shows growth of dermatophyte	First round PCR	Nested PCR
7	+	-	-	-	+
9	-	+	+	-	+
15	-	+	+	+	+
12	+	+	-	+	+
15	+	+	-	-	+
20	+	-	-	+	+
7 ^a	-	+	-	-	-
5 ^a	+	+	-	+	+
4 ^b	-	+	-	-	-
1	-	-	+	-	+
10	-	-	-	-	-
105	59 (56.2%)	67(63.8%)	25(23.8%)	52 (49.5%)	87(82.8%)

Data in parenthesis indicates percentage; ^a Culture positive for Candida albicans
^b Culture positive for non-dermatophytes.

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